Kitchen fixture



June 10 1924. 1,496,956

w. R. WALKER KITCHEN FIXTURE Filed April 21 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented June 10, 1924..

WILLARD ROBERT WALKER,

BROTHERS COMPANY,

OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,

ASSIGNO'B- 'ro WALKER a CORPORATION on NEW YORK.

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Application filed April 21, 1919. Serial N0. 291,688.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD R. WALKER, a citizen of the- United States of America and resident of Syracuse, in the count 0 Ononda a, in the State of New York, ave invente new and useful Improvements in Kitchen Fixtures, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in kitchen fixtures or culinary utensils combining in a single apparatus a sink and a dish washing machine as a unitar 16 article of manufacture, the object of which is to obtain the conveniences of both within a relatively small compact space, and thereby avoid the inconveniences attending the use of a dish washing machine and a sink separate from each ther, it being understood that one of the trongest arguments again the use of separate dish washers is that they occupy considerable room and necessarily have to be moved from place to lace along the floor in order to permit free om of movement of the help around the room in which it is usuallylocated.

Another object is to connect the hopper of the sink or dish washer to a single drain pipe through the medium of separate valved conduits so that water or other fluid may be retained in either charged therefrom independently of the 36 other.

Other Objects and uses relating to specific parts of my invention will be brought out in the following description In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a erspective view of the combined sink and dish washer vat, the draining connections and fluid agitating device being omitted,

Figures 2, 3 and 4 taken respectively on lines 2-2, 3-s3 and 4-4, Figure 1, omitting the vat or tank and drainage connections, the vat being shown in part by'dotted lines in F1gure'2.

are sectional views view through one side 0 tending shelf of receptacle or dis- Figure 5 is a front elevation of the com plete apparatus connected for use.

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional" the vat-supporting shelf and adjacent portion of the vat showing the manner of connecting those parts, taken on line 66 Figure 5.

Figure 7 is an enlar ed detail sectional View taken on line 7-7 igure 5.

Figure 8 is a horizontalQsecti'onal view taken in the plane of line 8-8 Figure 7.

As illustrated, this fixture com rises a substantially rectangular one-piece rame or bracket -1 of cast metal or other suitable material, the main body of which is disposed in asubstantially horizontal position, and is provided near one end with a depressed portio container or sink, the remaining portion of the main body constituting a laterally exthe sink and being formed with a circular opening -3- and ada ted to receive and support the upper en of an upright vat -4-- of a dish washing machine of the class set forth in my Patents 1,265,010 May7th, 1918, and #1,244,446

ct. 23, 1917, except that the motive power for driving the agitator is preferably supported by the vat, the outlet of which together with that of the sink --2 being connected by branch conduits --5- and j-G- to a common drainage pipe 7, the branches -5' and -6- being provided with valves -8 similar to that shown in my Patent No. 1,304,519, of May 20, 1919, for controlling the discharge of liquid from the vat and sink respectively but independently of each other.

A raised rib or flange -9 extends around the entire marginal edge of the frame integral therewith, the portions at the rear of the depression -2- and opening -3- being extended upwardly some distance above the remaining portions to form the upright back plates -10- and -'-11--, the plate 10- at the rear of the depression -2- being of considerably greater height than the plate 11-, both -2-- to form a liquid I v plates serving to protect the wall to which which is tightly till the frame is secured against disfigurement by the spattering of liquid usedin the sink or vat.

The front and end edges of the frame -1- are also provided with pendant marginal flan es 12. for reinforcing purposes whic enables the frame to be made of comparatively thin cast metal. pressed portion -2- extends downwardly some distance below the lower edge of the flange l2=- and is substantially rectanular in top plan but of greater length om front to rear than from side to side the bottom of the depression being provided with a central circular opening '13 for receiving a drainage hofiper 14 to whichthe upper end of the rainage pipe 6- 'is connected.

The upper end of the opening 13' is enlarged to form an inclined ledge '15 which is engaged by an annular flan e -16 forming an integral part of t e hopper -1dand servin to support said op er against downward di lacement.

e intermediate portion of t e hopper 1s threaded externally and engaged by a suitable nut -17- carryin a packing -18- secure against the under side of the adjacent portion of the bottom of the depression 2-- to rigidly clamp the hop er in place.

'lliis hopper is formed. with an integral grid 19 substantially midway between its lower and upper ends for preventing the passage of solid matter into the drain pipe 6--, but as a further precaution against the entrance of such solid matter to the grid, l have rovided a sheet metal screen 20 prefera ly of spring metal and having its central portion concavo-convex in cross-section with its concave side uppermost, the upper marginal edge of said screen being detachably interlocked with an inner annular rib 21- of the adjacent portion of the hopper M-, said screen bem held in operative position by its own tension and may be removed when necessary for cleansing purposes.

The-portion of the frame 1, which surrounds the opening -3- constitutes an anextending downwardly from the upper surface of the main body of the frame at one side of the depressed portion 2, and having its lower end offset inwardly to form an annular ledge -23 the lower side of which is provided with an annular roove -24' in which the upper edge of t e vat -dis seated and held in fixed relation to the frame '1- cement, solder orequivalent fastening means 'lhe vat -4. is adapted to contain the necessary quantity of washing fluid together with a "suitable agitator therefor, and a dish The deby suitable supporting tray substantially as shown in my patents above referred to, and not necessary to herein illustrate or describe other than to state that the shaft for drivin the agitator extends through the apex ofthe conical bottom of the vat coaxial with the opening 3 and is preferably driven by an electriomotor A- carried by and below the vat and geared to the shaft in any well known manner. o

By closing the valve 8 in the branch pipe 6 enables the washing fluid or other iquid to be retained in the sink or depressed washing purposes, if desired, or the valve may be 0 ened at will to discharge the liquid from t e sink without disturbing the valve in the branch pipe In similar manner the valve 8 in the branch pipe 5 may be opened or closed at will independently of the valve in the branch -6 to retain or discharge the washing fluid in or from the vat -d--,

In some instances, the main drain pipe 7 may be provided with a valve 7 which may be closed at will, under which conditions the valves 8'in the branches -6 and 5 may be opened to allow water or other liquid to pass from the sink '-2- into the lower portion of the receptacle lwhich extends downwardly some distance below the bottom of the sink as shown more clearly in Figure 5, it being understood that only a small quantity of water or washing fluid is needed in the bottom of the vat 4- of the dish washer jest sufiicient to cover the agitator, the latter be ing usually arranged in the cbnical bottom of the container.

For example,hot or cold water may be supplied. to the sink through one or more faucets a-, and if it is des1redto use soapy water in the initial cleansing of the dishes in the vat d-, it may be roperly mixed in the sink 2, and then 7a[l(%ved to discharge portion 2- for mto the lower portio the vat d-= through the branches 6 and -5-= by simply closing the valve both 'valves 8-,

After the initial with soap water-through'the medium of the agitator not shown) in the vat 4L, the contaminated water may be drawn ofl at will by simply opening the valve -7 after cleansing of the dishes 7 and opening llti which the last named valve ma be again closed and fresh water supplie from the sink; through the branches 6 and 5 to the obviating the use of the objectionable sink washer having the upper end of its vat seated screens now in common use. in said channel. l0- What I claim is: In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 7 A kitchen fixture comprising a sink havhand this 18th day of Afiri1,'1919. 5 ing a laterally extending shelf provided with WILLARD ROB RT WALKER.

a circular opening therethrough, and hav- Witnesses: ing an annular channel in its under side H. E. CHASE,

around the opening, and a mechanical dish A. G. JORDAN. 

